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Lee Hamilton, Indiana Democrat and vice chair of 9/11 Commission, dies at 94
Roll Call ^ | February 4 2026 | Jason Dick

Posted on 02/04/2026 12:07:11 PM PST by caver

Former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, an Indiana Democrat who went on to chair the 9/11 Commission and was one of his party’s foremost foreign policy mavens, has died at the age of 94.

First elected in 1964, Hamilton served 17 terms and went on to a busy retirement with his roles at, among other institutions and organizations, Indiana University’s Center on Representative Government and the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, named after him and the late Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar.

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Indiana has lost another joke of a politician. They even mentioned our favorite RINO, Dick Lugar. Another so called foreign policy expert. Fits right along with Todd Young.

I'm not sure how Indiana keeps coming up with these half ass jokes that we are supposed to up to?

1 posted on 02/04/2026 12:07:11 PM PST by caver
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To: caver

Or the rest of the country for that matter.


2 posted on 02/04/2026 12:08:11 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: caver

Someone had to run cover for Sandy Burglar!


3 posted on 02/04/2026 12:20:23 PM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: caver

Every time a Dem dies, an angel gets his wings.


4 posted on 02/04/2026 12:26:35 PM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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lol!


5 posted on 02/04/2026 12:27:52 PM PST by albie
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To: caver

Headed the 9/11 cover-up commission. Good riddance to bad rubbish.


6 posted on 02/04/2026 12:35:56 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: caver

Like a fart in the wind


7 posted on 02/04/2026 12:42:55 PM PST by albie
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To: HYPOCRACY

Hamilton was the ultimate insider.

He was a disaster for the country.


8 posted on 02/04/2026 12:44:20 PM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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